When I left a small
village school and stepped in a big school, I became so miserable. I went to
school but I didn’t know what to do and where to go. I was neither happy, nor
excited. At first, for me, the school was like a building without emotions, and the
teachers were like torturers. I feared
the principal so much that I didn’t dare to go to his office alone. When my
parents came to drop me off at school, my heart pleaded them to take me back
with them. But I had to go to school, and I had to talk in class. In the
beginning days of new school I was like an alien, so unknown to this world. I lost
myself, and always felt like I had come to an unknown place. Fear, disappointment
and frustration surrounded me. The only reason for feeling like this were my
friends with whom I used to play, hangout and study, and also, from whom I got
separated. But, thank God, in few days I found a new friend whose name was
Janet. She was the one who introduced me to every corner of the school, and freed
me from the fear of teachers and principals.
I wondered why Janet
didn’t have friends because she seemed so nice to me at first. As days passed, we
started to sit together in class, eat lunch together and share everything. However,
after few days, she started commanding me. She would copy my homework every
single day, and would take all my pencils and never return them back. She never
brought her own food so she ate all my food and I was left hungry. She would
not let me talk with any other girls in school because she thought they
were "mean". I was always under her obligation because she was the one who helped
me in my hard times. That is the reason why I never stood up for myself. I was
so fed up with her but never spoke against her. Later, she didn’t show up to
school for some reason. Soon, I learned that she moved to another city. From
then on, I was free. I could be friends with anyone I wanted to. Most importantly,
I could be real me!
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